Boat Timeshares - A Unique Vacationing
Experience
by: Dana Sanders
If you’ve dreamed of sailing the seven seas, but don’t
necessarily have the bank account to buy a luxury vessel, don’t
despair. There are ways to make that dream happen without breaking your
bank.
Boat timeshares offer a unique vacationing experience for almost any
budget. By getting involved in a timeshare, you have the right to use
that luxury vessel to make your dreams come true, but you alone are
not solely responsible for all the expenses. Timeshares provide an excellent
way for someone not willing or able to take on the expense of purchasing
a great vacationing boat themselves to still experience the adventure
of life on the water.
A variety of companies offer would-be Captain Ahab’s the ability
to take to the sea without shelling out a lot of cash. Boat timeshare
companies and programs are readily available and accessible across the
Internet. Boating timeshare companies are active all over the world
with even some finding their homes on America’s Great Lakes.
Basically, a boat timeshare offers a sailor a chance to buy into a
piece of a boat for a season. Similar to a yacht club, but without all
the expenses of owning your own yacht, these programs lets sailors sail
minus the headaches. Some programs allow members to purchase blocks
of time over the course of a sailing season to use a boat. Many programs
work by giving several “skippers” the same boat during the
sailing season. These skippers book multiple sail times, show up, sail,
have a blast and return the boat for the next skipper to take over.
While boat timeshares provide everything needed to sail, members still
are responsible for making sure the boat is in good condition when it’s
returned. Swabbing the deck isn’t out of the question. However,
many timeshare programs will even go as far as to include maintenance,
fuel and so on in the initial price. This leaves the member responsible
for simply safely piloting the vessel, keeping it clean and enjoying
their high seas adventure with their family and friends for a fraction
of the price of owning a yacht themselves. The insurance, boat licensing
and other worries are generally handled by the timeshare company itself.
For those who lack the skills to man their own vessels, many boat timeshares
will provide a crew including a captain, instructor, and/or cook at
a small additional cost. One company in particular, Trade Winds Cruise
Club, offers all-inclusive cabin rentals and is RCI’s (Resorts
Condominiums International) only Caribbean yachting affiliate. As an
RCI Member, you have the option of exchanging your timeshare week for
a cabin space onboard crewed catamaran charters.
So, what is pricing like for these nautical adventures? Not bad considering
a luxury boat can cost thousands and thousands of dollars. And even
better when you consider buying your own boat doesn’t include
fuel, maintenance, licensing and insurance costs and so on! A timeshare
that covers an entire boating season can cost upwards of $7,000, a reasonable
expense considering the headaches removed by taking part in such a venture.
To learn more about boat timeshares and the unique vacation opportunities
they provide, just log on to the Internet and visit locations such as
http://www.atimesharesz.com/boattimeshare to do a thorough search. A
variety of companies with different programs and options are operating
in a bevy of locations around the world.
© Copyright 2004 by Dana Sanders. All rights reserved.
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